Historia mínima de Chile

La intención de Weckmann en este material es aclarar el concepto erróneo de que Brasil surgió ya en plena Edad Moderna, ya que al hacer una acuciosa investigación sobre la herencia medieval de México, no concibe que el Brasil constituya excepción a la tendencia general que apunta en la historia latinoamericana.

Nunca ha sido tan necesario extender los horizontes del quehacer historiografico a la entidad de dimensiones planetarias a la que estuvieron adscritos los virreinatos ibericos de America. Es decir, a la "Monarquia espanola" o "catolica," terminos con que se designo en su momento al imperio espanol. La tarea es tan necesaria como inmensa y ambiciosa. Este ensayo quiere contribuir a ese fin al proponer una seleccion bibliografica de la cual es esta obra el primer volumen. No se trata de una mera "bibliografia," sino de un instrumento de investigacion que intenta sensibilizar al investigador a...

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Mexican Army veteran Andres Duarte was granted 6,595 acres along the southern foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in 1841 by the governor of Alta California. Rancho Azusa de Duarte eventually was carved into 40-acre parcels, and arriving families from the East and Midwest built schools, installed water lines, and grew crops. By 1900, two major rail lines served the area's thriving citrus industry. Duarte's beneficial climate led to the establishment in 1913 of a tuberculosis sanitarium, which became City of Hope, the world-class cancer treatment center. Bandleader Glenn Miller settled in...